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On the bank at the west end of the Old Garden, eight red-flowered Rhododendrons were planted.
Plants of Rhododendron phoeniceum in the New Garden which had died were replaced by others propagated in the previous year.
Several young plants of Rhododendron Henryi and Rhododendron Championa were also planted in the New Garden.
The big shrubbery in the New Garden near the conifer plot was extended and planted up with flowering shrubs after the ground had been prepared.
Vacancies in shady rockeries in both Gardens were filled up with foliage plants and ferns.
As many of the ferns on the bank just inside the Albany Road boundary had become exhausted, they were taken up, the ground trenched, and new plants put in.
The fountain basin was cleared out in February and the aquatic plants were divided and replanted.
During these operations the over-flow pipe was found to be choked, and on opening it up, it was discovered that the end of the pipe did not discharge into any drain or nullah but stopped short in the ground near the junction of Garden and Kennedy Roads.
The Public Works Department took out the old pipe and replaced it with another and connected it with the storm water drains in the Gardens.
Loranthus chinensis growing on various trees and shrubs in both Gardens was removed.
This mistletoe-like parasite is not particular as to its host, as it has been found in Hongkong on no less than 36 different species of trees and shrubs, representing 32 genera and 22 natural orders.
In connection with the formation of the new roads from Upper Albert Road to Garden Road an encroachment on the Gardens was made which necessitated the sacrifice of a fine tree of Dracontomelum mangiferum.
The main entrance was set back several feet and the old gates were replaced with more appropriate new ones by the Public Works Department.
The entrance at College Gardens was also set back somewhat and the old gate replaced by a new one of a different design.
Caterpillars on lawns were again very troublesome in the autumn but were kept in check by applications of Jeyes' Fluid mixed with water in the proportion of one part of the former to eighty of the latter.
Extensive repairs were done to the plant houses. Much of the iron and wood work had to be replaced and more than half of the bamboos.
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On the bank at the west end of the Old Garden, eight red- flowered Rhododendrons were planted.
Plants of Rhododendron phoeniceum in the New Garden which had died were replaced by others propagated in the previous year.
Several young plants of Rhododendron Henryi and Rhodo- dendron Championa were also planted in the New Garden.
The big shrubbery in the New Garden near the conifer plot was extended and planted up with flowering shrubs after the ground had been prepared.
Vacancies in shady rockeries in both Gardens were filled up with foliage plants and ferns.
As many of the ferns on the bank just inside the Albany Road boundary had become exhausted, they were taken up, the ground trenched, and new plants put in.
The fountain basin was cleared out in February and the aquatic plants were divided and replanted.
During these operations the over-flow pipe was found to be choked, and on opening it up, it was discovered that the end of the pipe did not discharge into any drain or nullah but stopped short in the ground near the junction of Garden and Kennedy Roads.
The Public Works Department took out the old pipe and replaced it with another and connected it with the storm water drains in the Gardens.
Loranthus chinensis growing on various trees and shrubs in both Gardens was removed.
This mistletoe-like parasite is not particular as to its host, as it has been found in Hongkong on no less than 36 different species of trees and shrubs, representing 32 genera and 22 natural orders.
In connection with the formation of the new roads from Upper Albert Road to Garden Road an encroachment on the Gardens was made which necessitated the sacrifice of a fine tree of Dracontomelum mangiferum.
The main entrance was set back several feet and the old gates were replaced with more appropiate new ones by the Public Works Department.
The entrance at College Gardens was also set back somewhat and the old gate replaced by a new one of a different design.
Caterpillars on lawns were again very troublesome in the autumn but were kept in check by applications of Jeyes' Fluid mixed with water in the proportion of one part of the former to eighty of the latter.
Extensive repairs were done to the plant houses. Much of the iron and wood work had to be replaced and more than half of the bamboos.
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